Ashfield Meetings & Events (formerly Universal WorldEvents) recently welcomed David Kerr to their leadership team. David joins the agency as Senior Director of Creative & Production Services, working from their Ivyland office in the United States.

David will be working in close collaboration with all of the account teams, as well as the agency’s global Engagement team, to help ensure the continued success and growth of their creative services offering.

David has 17 years’ experience in operations, sales, client oversight and team management. He has produced live events and conferences for large, international corporations, including Johnson & Johnson, Comcast and Lockheed Martin.

David commented: “I am incredibly thankful for the opportunity to work with such a talented and experienced group. Their passion towards the work they do creates an environment that is both energising and rewarding. It is invigorating to contribute to a group that shares your same enthusiasm for live events.”

Gavin Houston (CEO Americas) remarked: “I am delighted to welcome David to our team. His experience with event production and understanding of the industry can only further enhance our engagement and creative service offerings. David will add value to our client’s production, creative, digital and communication activity surrounding their events. We continue to see an appetite grow for these services and will be launching a secondary brand in the near future to help position these to market.”